Building construction.



No. 823,528. PATENTED JUNE 19, 1905. N. W. HARRIS & G. W. STOGKER. BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. APPLICATION IILEDMAY 31, 1905.

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No. 823,528. PATENTED JUNE 19, 1906. N. W. HARRIS & G. w. STOUKER.

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NOAH W. HARRIS AND GEORGE W. S TOOKER, OF WOODLAND, ILLINOIS.

BUILDING -CONSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 19. 1906.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, NOAH W. HARRIS and GEORGE W. Srooxnn, .citizens of the United States, residing at .Woodland, in the countyof Iroquois and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Building Constructions, of which the following is a specification.

. Our invention relates to improvements in building construction, and it is more particularly an improved roof-plate.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, durable, and rigid form of reinforce for walls of buildings which will permit in structures such as barns, .cribs,'bins, ice

houses, &c., the abandonment at the time of construction of cross-ties and otherflike obstructing reinforcing means, thereby increasing the capacity of thestr'uctures and reducing the amount of labor and material requiredin their construction, I p r Another object is to provide means for attachment to walls of structuresjhavingcrossties, said means permitting the removal of the ties. -11 I A still further object is to provide a roof.- plate whichcan be utilizedfor straightening and holding sprung or irregular walls. I

i With the above and other objects in view the invention consisftsof a roof-plate adapted to be secured to the wall of a building or other structure and havingbracesextending inwardly from the ends thereof and secured together opposite the center of the roofplate. Ties connect the adjoining ends and intermediate points of the braces with the roof-plate, and thereby form a truss which .prevents the plate and the walls connected thereto from springing. Cross-ties and other like bracing means can therefore be dispensed with and the entire space within the structure utilized for storage or other like purposes;

The invention also consists of the further novel constructions and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claims. p

In the accompanying drawings we have 1 shown the preferred forms of my invention.

In said drawin s, Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of a roo supported upon walls having my improved roof-plates. Fig. 2 is an outside elevation of the roof-plate. Fig. 3 1s an elevation of the inner side thereof. .Fig. 4.

is a plan view of the roofiplater Fig. 5 is a plates bolts 7 are utilized. By tightening up perspective view showing the manner of joining the same with the frame of the structure.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged central transverse section through a roof-plate, and Fig. 7 is a plan view of a modified form of the device. Fig. 8 is a perspective. view of our invention viewed from the interior of the building. Fig. 9 is a detail view showing therelation of the inclined braces to the parallel strips.

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, 11 are parallel strips constituting the roof-plate, and these strips are spaced apart at their ends to receive'therebetween the ends of the adjoining sides of the frame-of the roof structure, as shown at 2. The ends of brace strips 3 are secured between the strips 1, near the ends thereof, and abut against the framestrips 1 to a point opposite the center thereof, Where they contact and are secured in any preferred manner. Another set of braces 41 is secured to braces 3 and extend longitudinally thereunder, and these last-mentioned braces are secured to the inner edges of the lowerstirp 1 near its ends. Ties in the form of short strips 5 are secured to the inner edge of the upper strip lat the center and other ties 5 and 6 are filled with blocks 9.

It will be seen that when a wall is supplied with a roof-plate having the arrangement of braces herein described it cannot bulge or spring, because the plate and its braces constitute a truss, and therefore cross-ties or other like reinforcing means may be dispensed with. The roof-plate can be used during the 1 construction of the building or can beplaced in structures employing cross-ties. These ties can be subsequently removed. I

Where the wall of a structure has become sprung or out of alinement, it can be straightened and strengthened by utilizing the roof' plate shown in Fig. 7. The ends 'of the strips, 3 in this construction do not extend between strips 1, and instead of employing strips 5 and '6 for tying the braces to the pieces 2, and these braces diverge from the Another set of the nuts 8 on these bolts the plates 1 1 can be drawn toward the braces, thereby straightening the wall to which the plates have been secured.

It will be seen that the roof-plates herein described are very simple and inexpensive and their use results in a great saving of time, labor, and materials. Moreover, no space is wasted as where cross-ties are employed, but instead all space inclosed between the walls and roof can be utilized for storage or other purposes. a

In the foregoing description we have shown the preferred forms of our invention; but we do not limit ourselves thereto, as we are aware that modifications may be made therein Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages thereof, and we therefore reserve the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of our invention.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A wall-plate comprising parallel strips, pairs of braces secured to the ends of the strips, one of said pairs extending between the strips and the other pair secured to one of. the strips, the braces diverging from the strips and abutting at a point approximately opposite the center thereof, and ties connecting the abutting ends and other portions of the braces to the strips.

2. A wall-plate comprising parallel strips, pairs of parallel braces secured to the ends of the strips, one of said pairs extending between the strips and the other pair secured to the face of one of the strips, the braces diverging from the strips and abutting at a point approximately opposite the center thereof, a filler between the strips, and ties connecting the abutting ends and other portions of the braces to the strips.

3. The combination with the walls of a structure; of a wall-plate, secured upon one of the walls and fastened at its opposite ends to other walls, and comprising parallel strips, pairs of braces secured to the ends of the strips, one of said pairs extending between the strips and the other pair secured to one of the strips, the braces diverging from the strips and abutting at a point a )proximately opposite the centerthereof, an ties connecting the abutting ends and other portions of the braces to the strips.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

NOAH W. HARRIS. GEORGE W. STOCKER. Witnesses ERNEST N. Cox, ORREN M. Ax'rELL. 

